JAMB - Literature In English (2010 - No. 53)

From the novel; The Joys of Motherhood
From the novel; The Joys of Motherhood
From the novel; The Joys of Motherhood
This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.

The medicine man links the lump discovered on Nnu Ego at birth, to the
ill-luck and tragic events attributed to a predestined fate
possession of physical admirable qualities that make her an epitome of perfection
wound inflicted on the slave woman buried with Agbadi's wife
coming back of the Agunwa to the society to live again

Explanation

The medicine man actually links the lump on Nnu Ego at birth to the wound inflicted on the slave woman buried with Agbadi's wife.
The slave said she was going to come back again into that family but not as a slave. So, she was Nnu Ego.

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